Music Bloggers and The Hype Machine Music Blog Zeitgesit

Okay fans of evolvor, here’s a quick post about getting buzz for you music that you probably don’t think is a really big deal. It’s about getting bloggers to talk about you and your music.

Now, let’s step back for a minute so you can put what I’m about to tell you in some simple perspective.

Twitter Me This - Will Twitter Help You Market Your Music?

It is an interesting time to be a musician. While many ask themselves, “how am I going to make money when people are just going to steal my music?”, there is an increasing number of opportunities for them to eliminate some of the marketing and distribution costs.

ReverbNation Video Tutorials Now Available @ Viddler.com

The other day I sat down with some friends of mine who just dropped their debut album and are getting into marketing mode. For months now I’ve been telling them to get their asses on ReverbNation, and they finally were ready to listen.

Val Kilmer is a Musician and Uses ReverbNation & Snocap!

I’ve been really busy over at ReverbNation this week as I begin expanding my artist roster to include to local acts which I have had the pleasure of helping out over the past year, 61 North and Julian Day. We’ll have some more info on those acts here at evolvor shortly, but first I have to talk about one of the featured artists I saw while over the site.

Is This the Beginning of the End of Indie Labels?

There was a time when an unknown band could turn to an indie label to get their music out there. Nowadays, this seems harder and harder to do.

Peter Gabriel Launches We7

Musical pioneer Peter Gabriel has now ventured into the world of free music sites.

Yesterday the former Genesis frontman launched the full version of We7, which after an initial visit to the site reminds of a nice hybrid of imeem and iTunes.

JamBase and ReverbNation Sync Up Concert Data

Official Press Release:

ReverbNation, the preferred marketing and promotion platform for over 250,000 musicians, labels, managers, and venues, and JamBase, the world’s leading source of live music and concert information, have agreed to swap concert data in an effort to drive more ticket sales for artists, labels, and promoters who use the sites to reach live music fans.

An Interview With Mat Weddle and his “Elihu Project”

A few weeks ago I ran a post about Mat Weddle of Obadiah Parker, and his success with his acoustic cover of Outcast’s “Hey Ya”. I had the pleasure of talking with Matt over the past week about the song, his new project, and his thoughts of using the web to promote them.

Free Guide: 100 Social Media Resources for Musicians

I’ve been waiting a week now to post this, but alas we had some major technical problems that had to be ironed out. Thankfully, they’ve been resolved so you can expect lots of music and marketing goodies here this week at evolvor.com

First up is a shout out to Greg Rollet and his newly live Gen Y Rockstars website. Greg has been a partner-in-crime in the music marketing world for quite some time now, and his new site is designed to provide musicians with the tools and resources they need to make it happen online.

Chris Cornell and Timbaland Sell Me On “Scream”

Ran into this lil’ interview of Chris Cornell and Timbaland discussing their upcoming collaboration “Scream”.

Watch the video before you read my rant, because you’re going to learn a few things from it.

Artist on Artist: Chris Cornell and Timbaland

ReverbNation Does Distribution, EPK’s, and Takes Out The Trash

I’ve been waiting for this day to arrive for a few months now!

ReverbNation quietly rolled out too hugely freakin’ important things over the weekend that further proves why they are the coolest kids on the block.

MySpace Unveils New MySpace Music and I’m Not Impressed

So the day finally came last Thursday - MySpace finally unveiled it’s much talked about MySpace Music Platform.

ReverbNation Lets Musicians Add Press Clippings to Any Website

The ‘Press Widget’ allows Artists to aggregate accolades from the media or fans into one place, and then deploy them to all of their other sites. Artists can add an unlimited number of clippings, with each one containing a link back to the original source for fans to read more.

Why Video Is More Important to Your Career Than Your Music

Let’s get one thing out of the way; your music is important. It’s your art, it’s why you’re here on the planet, and you’ve got to pour your blood, sweat, tears and soul into it. It has to be real and you have to feel it. They have to feel it. it’s all about the music.

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